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Alexander Devito
  • Communication Studies
  • Class of 2014
  • Weston, CT

Weston Student Alexander Devito Studies in Spain Through USD Program

2011 Nov 23

University of San Diego student Alexander Devito of Weston is studying in Spain this fall.

The program is offered in cooperation with the Universidad Pontificia Comillas, a private, Jesuit university in Madrid and offers courses across several disciplines including Spanish, art history, business, communication studies, history, political science, theology and religious studies, and engineering. The Travel Seminar is a very attractive component of the program in Madrid. This is an academic course that travels throughout Spain, coupling cultural sight visits with guest lecturers as well as company visits. The seminar includes travel to Toledo, Sevilla, Barcelona, and other cities in Spain.

Devito is majoring in communication studies and plans to graduate in spring 2013.

USD is ranked first in the nation for the percentage of undergraduate students studying abroad, according to the Institute of International Education's latest Open Doors Report. More than 71 percent of all USD undergraduate students study abroad.

The University of San Diego is a Catholic institution of higher learning chartered in 1949; the school enrolls some 7,800 undergraduate and graduate students and is known for its commitment to teaching, the liberal arts, the formation of values and community service. The fall 2007 establishment of the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies brings the University's total number of schools and colleges to six. Other academic divisions include the College of Arts and Sciences and the schools of Business Administration, Leadership and Education Sciences, Law and Nursing and Health Sciences.